More capable; a comparative form indicating greater ability or competence than something else.
From capable plus -er, the standard English comparative adjective suffix. Shows how adjectives form degrees of comparison in English grammar.
English can form comparatives like 'capabler,' but most modern speakers say 'more capable' instead—this shift from synthetic comparatives (-er) to analytic ones (more + adjective) happened around the 1600s and created the English we speak today.
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